Joe's Money Pit! 97 Explorer XLT

97' XLT 2x4 4.0 OHV from Saint Augustine Florida.


Things you cant see are Pace setter headers, delete 1 of 2 cats, Flowmaster 40 series and 2 1/4" pipe. I cut the air box off and put an open cone filter on the MAF sensor, Electric fan and did the "zip tie" mod found in the forums. Blue LEDs under the dash and in the cupholders.

I love getting comments and answering questions so lets have 'em! I will post pics as things get changed!

I put the bumper and rocker panels from a 99 on it and lowered it 2"inches

I replaced the 3rd brake light with LEDs

After I got the aftermarket headlights I wanted to add a twist to them, so I seperated the lenses and added LED strips in them.

Here you can see the tweeter in the door and my gauge pod.

10" Polk DB in a custom built "Stealth Box".

Amp hidded in the jack compartment with 2 2" fans (one puller one pusher)

Overhead switch panel

Prop rod modification

This is what it looked like when I got it.

 

[ChallengerDave]

Couldnt be that furry thing you mounted to the roof?

 

[Jstcruz]

You put your modded ford symbol in the bottom corner of the grill? Is that the other thing you did?

By the way, where did you get your grill from an did you have to modify your stock grill yourself to install it?

Nope, thats too easy lol.

Ebay has these grills real cheap now, and I had to cut the center out of the grill for it to fit. Its easy to do tho.

 

[Jstcruz]

Couldnt be that furry thing you mounted to the roof?

No, thats just a reoccuring problem. It blows off while I'm driving but its always there the next morning

 

[Jstcruz]

Got my gauge pod today

 

[Jstcruz]

Custom dog barrier; When I have the dog in there I have a 3rd piece of aluminum pipe that goes in the back of the headrests. So far I havnt had any issues with them being in the way.

 

[Jstcruz]

Finally got a pic of my amp. I have 2 2" fans mounted in the cover for this opening - you can see in the pic above - to pull hot air away from the amp and push cool air towards it. Nice and discreet

 

[delexploder]

Did you bob the antenna?

 

[Jstcruz]

Did you bob the antenna?

No, it has a plastic cover over it that is thicker at the bottom so it might look bobbed in the pics. Im thinking about getting one of those little shorties - since this one dont work anyway Im not worried about reception. I use an amplified antenna that mounts above the rear veiw mirror.

 

[hans the boss]

nice weeery nice done me my self is just starting to do some type of mounting for amps this way but finding som older mounts for my amp back the plastic cover in the back of my truck on passengers side

question 1 were to find info about the original amps my truck is an explorer 94 XLT

i saw the earlier owner has cut all cables to amp section

any one now how to find out connection on the amp ??

keep up the good work.. nice done..

 

[Jstcruz]

nice weeery nice done me my self is just starting to do some type of mounting for amps this way but finding som older mounts for my amp back the plastic cover in the back of my truck on passengers side

question 1 were to find info about the original amps my truck is an explorer 94 XLT

i saw the earlier owner has cut all cables to amp section

any one now how to find out connection on the amp ??

keep up the good work.. nice done..

Thank you!

Honestly, I bypassed my factory amp and the system sounds better with an aftermarket Head unit. I forget what I searched but I found out on here somewhere how to wire it up bypassing the amp.

 

[hans the boss]

ok!!! well i got mount my aftermarket amp too its an old but very nice amp from the early 90.sounds good yet..

1 quest how to put pictures in this forums ??? because i now got all interior stripped down and its all painted in the darkgreen meallic colour including dashborad and all parts around .. soo well thanks my friend for help..

 

[TheGTkid]

you ran a thin stripe down the side, atleast thats what i think, it looks great!

 

[Jstcruz]

Unmarked Police EX at the post office

 

[hans the boss]

ooh soo nice

its dropped truck?? or airride on it?? nice anyway !!

 

[Jstcruz]

Got some smoke head lights and tailights on the way !! New pics as soon as they are on there!

 

[Jstcruz]

Got my tail lights thismorning

 

[sport97]

I like the tails... you have a link to them?

 

[Jstcruz]

Not right off, but I found them on Amazon.com with a search for Custom tail lights or something like that.

 

[Jstcruz]

Got my new headlights yesterday.

 

[ahodges]

Much better!